BAlexN

I am building a Media Center, and need some feedback on this tentative configuration feed back is welcome considering Price, heat and preformance are important.

• MotherBoard-ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $229.99
  Processor-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail - $317.99
  Desktop Memory-CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2 - Retail - $209.99
  Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail - $121.99
  Video Card-MSI NX7600GT-VT2D256EHD Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $174.99
  TV Tuner-Hauppauge WinTV-PVR250MCE PCI Interface Video Recorder, TV/FM Tuner Card - Retail - $134.99
  Hard Drive-Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000KS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $179.99
  Optical Drive-PLEXTOR Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model PX-716AL/SW - Retail - $146.99
  Operating System-Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM - $109.99

Grand Total - $1,632.90

jljhlhl

Looks like a solid setup to me, lots of people have a similar one.

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Dell Vostro 1500
Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz)
1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
80GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
Windows XP Home

BAlexN

Awesome thanks for the speedy reply. Those prices are all from New Egg is there any better or alt place to check ? I tried ZipZoomFly.com but their prices seemed higher and stock much less.

wicked859

Looks great, My friend has the same tuner card and loves it

rogueeskimo

i have the tuner card, too. it's awesome!

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CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4600+ Windsor
GPU: BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256 MB (custom overclocked: 630 MHz core clk, 775 MHz memory clock)
RAM: 2 GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM
HDD: Seagate 320GB 7200RPM Serial ATA
MOBO: ASUS A8M2N-LA Socket AM2 Micro ATX
Audio: Realtek ALC 888 High Definition 8 channel
PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 480-Watt
ATX

Jet

Why the expensive DVD Burner? For that money, you could add an extra 250GB hard drive.

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Dr Studly

nice DVD player... looks like a good dealio

Jet

But $146 for an IDE burner? You can get a SATA burner for lots less than that. Unless you are dying for the slot loader...

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BAlexN

Yea i since went with a much cheaper drive, that one was recomeneded in Maximum PC, this is the one i went with rather cheap- ASUS Silver 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE/ATAPI Combo Drive - $28.49


Case-Sky Hawk/Eagle Tech CA-EC1-S Silver Aluminum ATX Media Center Computer Case 450W Power Supply - Retail - $149.99